New Zealand Police Firearms Range Manual

New Zealand Police Firearms Range Manual

These guidelines replace the New Zealand Police Range Manual published in 1998, and all preexisting Range Manuals for civilian shooting ranges produced by the New Zealand Police.

The purpose of these guidelines is to set the principles that those responsible for operating a shooting range must follow if the range is to be considered ‘safe’.

All ranges must be designed, or redeveloped to meet current best practice in terms of range construction and use. This includes complying with any legislated requirements relating to land use, particularly the Resource Management Act 1991, any Regional and/or Local Authority requirements and with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.